Excessive consumption of resources - class-X
Description: excessive consumption of resources | |
Number of Questions: 27 | |
Created by: Mohini Tyagi | |
Tags: evs issues of the environment commercial applications atmosphere- wind |
Temperature gradient of 'ambient' air is known as
What is adiabatic lapse rate for dry air?
What is air pressure at sea level?
Narrow valleys are favorable to inversion because horizontal air movement is
The ratio of the mass of water vapor in a given volume (parcel) of air to the mass of the remaining dry air describes the:
Where does salamander breaded?
The temperature at which water boils depends mainly on:
Major source of air pollution is
What was Aldo Leopold 'philosophy' about humans ethics?
Land breeze blows during _________
The wind flows from
Hot air over the land rises up and creates.
The uneven heating near the equator takes place because of
Which of the following is the cause of the land breeze?
Which of the following phenomena may lead to rain near the equatorial region?
Sea breeze blows during _________
The sea breeze is conducted due to the creation of high pressure on the
Which of the following area is created over land during land breeze?
The freezer in the refrigerator is generally mounted on the top for proper cooling. Which of the following property of air is demonstrated by this?
The uneven heating of land takes place due to
The sea breeze is caused due to the low pressure generated over
Suppose it is a winter night and at about 11 p.m., the air cools to the dew-point temperature and a thick radiation fog develops. If the air continues to cool during the night, in 5 hours the dew point temperature will probably:
Where are the days and nights of equal length all year long?
Typically, water vapor occupies about what percentage of the air's volume near the earth's surface?
At which latitude heat gain through insolation approximately equals heat loss through terrestrial radiation:
Land and water dwelling plants, may suffer from
If climate change keeps on disrupting atmospheric pressure, it would bring ice age in